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    Something Random

    I don't necessarily mean moving back home in the context of moving back in with my Dad, if only because he's stubborn and won't let me take care of him. If it was something I needed for financial reasons he'd do it, but he won't let me do the same for him. I understand his reasoning, but that...
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    Something Random

    My question for them would be, why would they not have the cameras on year-round? Kids don't just stop existing in the summer. It's not like there aren't summer activities, from what I understand a lot of agricultural programs do a fair bit of their work in the summer. Is it a cost-cutting...
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    Empire in Decline

    Who says we'd admit any of them as a state? They'll be territories, at best, my guess is 'independent' countries that curiously never go against the official line from the God-emperor. He likely has no interest in actually running these places beyond extracting all their natural resources. Never...
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    Empire in Decline

    He's not going to stop there.
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    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year - 2025

    Jesus Merc, when it rains it pours. That’s all horrible. Here’s hoping you’re at the end of it and things pick up from here. I’m up with my uncle visiting my dad, and he’s in better health than I’ve seen him for a good year or so. He’s got his upper body strength back and seems back to his...
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    Something Random

    If it’s any consolation, you did the right thing, the responsible thing, the loving thing. That doesn’t mean it feels good, of course, but these choices are always the hardest and will always replay in our minds regardless of how we play them out. I’m deeply sorry for your loss.
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    Something Random

    In my experience, SiS's primary sin is that it's slow and DMA is flaky under Windows 98. Under an NT based OS I haven't had any complaints, really. Yeah, from what I gather most of the attachment to 3dfx seems to be of the "you had to be there" variety. In $currentYear with access to 30 years...
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    Something Random

    Yeah, I jinxed myself. Still freezes. Seems to go longer before doing it, which is promising -- I wonder if I have this recapped if it'll be alright. Hmm. Time to put together a Digikey cart, I guess. I also have another 440BX board to try, this one is older and might not support Coppermine...
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    Something Random

    I don't want to jinx anything, because the PII-400 was stable too until it just locked up, but the PIII-600 so far seems to be fine. Had a very cool "back in the day" OEM experience where I got to unseal the PIII in its antistatic bag and install the cooler just like an OEM would have. Of...
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    Something Random

    I'm currently pounding my head against the brick wall that is Slot 1 again... I have a nice board, the ASUS P3B-F. After swapping the Seasonic SS-350ET I had with a more period-accurate Antec 350W supply with plenty of grunt on the +5v rail, it's much improved stability wise except for this...
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    Empire in Decline

    Neither. Trump will cancel elections, die, and then they'll Weekend at Bernie's him with AI or whatever.
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    Something Random

    Some stuff I was surprised ran at all, albeit quite slowly: Zuma Deluxe, Feeding Frenzy... in general I did not expect these mid-2000s shovelware (affectionate) titles to even launch, I just copied them over because... why not. Some stuff I was surprised didn't: Age of Empires 2. It just...
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    Something Random

    The integrated video is surprisingly competent in some areas and the whiplash between the highs and lows is kind of insane: using FastDoom to run in mode 13h like Heretic or Hexen does instead of mode Y as DOS Doom does by default has the high-detail sound-on results of benchmarking demo1 going...
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    Something Random

    I found what Cathode Ray Dude on YouTube terms a 'beige whale' a week or so ago. That is to say, something I've been on the lookout for, wanted, but wasn't willing to expend actual time/effort/money into tracking down. I've wanted something based around a Cyrix MediaGX for almost ten years now...
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    I've been scammed and I need help

    I'm sorry, I wish I had something more useful to say... If I hear anything, not that it's exceedingly likely, I'll let you all know.
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